Having fun with OS.Walk in Python

Overview

OS.walk() generate the file names in a directory tree by walking the tree either top-down or bottom-up.

For each directory in the tree rooted at directory top (including top itself), it yields a 3-tuple (dirpath, dirnames, filenames).

Paths
root : Prints out directories only from what you specified
dirs : Prints out sub-directories from root. 
files: Prints out all files from root and directories
walkFileSystem.py
Open an text editor , copy & paste the code below.

Save the file as walkFileSystem.py and exit the editor.

Run the script:
$ python walkFileSystem.py
import os

os.system("clear")
print "-" * 80
print "OS Walk Program"
print "-" * 80
print "
"

print "Root prints out directories only from what you specified"
print "-" * 70

print "Dirs prints out sub-directories from root"
print "-" * 70

print "Files prints out all files from root and directories"
print "-" * 70

print "This program will do an os.walk on the folder that you specify"
print "-" * 70

path = raw_input("Specify a folder that you want to perform an 'os.walk' on: >> ")

for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):

    print root
    print "---------------"

    print dirs
    print "---------------"

    print files
    print "---------------"
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